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  • 1Inertial electrostatic confinement — (often abbreviated as IEC) is a concept for retaining a plasma using an electrostatic field. The field accelerates charged particles (either ions or electrons) radially inward, usually in a spherical but sometimes in a cylindrical geometry. Ions… …

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  • 2Inertial fusion power plant — An Inertial fusion power plant is intended to produce electric power by use of inertial confinement fusion techniques on an industrial scale. This type of power plant is still in a research phase.It is frequently assumed that the only medium term …

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  • 3Field (physics) — The magnitude of an electric field surrounding two equally charged (repelling) particles. Brighter areas have a greater magnitude. The direction of the field is not visible …

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  • 4Inertial frame of reference — In physics, an inertial frame of reference is a frame of reference which belongs to a set of frames in which physical laws hold in the same and simplest form. According to the first postulate of special relativity, all physical laws take their… …

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  • 5Inertial navigation system — An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer and motion sensors to continuously track the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a vehicle without the need for external references …

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  • 6Inertial space — In physics, the expression inertial space refers to the background reference that is provided by the phenomenon of inertia.Inertia is opposition to change of velocity, that is: change of velocity with respect to the background, the background… …

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  • 7Inertial measurement unit — An inertial measurement unit, or IMU, is the main component of inertial guidance systems used in air , space , and watercraft, including guided missiles. An IMU works by sensing motion including the type, rate, and direction of that motion using… …

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  • 8Non-inertial reference frame — A non inertial reference frame is a frame of reference that is under acceleration.[1] The laws of physics in such a frame do not take on their most simple form, as required by the theory of special relativity.[2][3] To explain the motion of… …

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  • 9Coriolis field — In theoretical physics a Coriolis field is one the apparent gravitational fields felt by a rotating or forcibly accelerated body, together with the centrifugal field and the Euler field. Contents 1 Mathematical expression 2 Mach s view 2.1 Is it… …

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  • 10Einstein field equations — General relativity Introduction Mathematical formulation Resources Fundamental concepts …

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